Future unsure Hearing on District land THE .DATE of a public hearing on rezoning the Cove’ Forest. and Mountain Forest urban reserves to park has been confirmed but the possi- bility “of preservation remains far from certain. NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL By Martin Millerchip — Monday night saw North - Vancouver District Council -send by a 6-1 margin the largest land issue in Seymour to public debate Oct. Vi. Only . Mayor. Murray Dykeman opposed the intro- duction of bylaws: to amend “to the zoning and OCP (Official Community Plan) designation of 908 acres: of _undeveloped Seymour for- est. : But. three other council- - Jors' made it clear they have concerns about the implica- tions of a potential parks des- “ignation. - Said. Dykeman: “We are ‘ simply doing it the wrong way. .We are zooming to the ‘end of the planning process ‘instead: of starting at the “beginning with the informa- “tion.” ‘Dykeman- deplored leap- “ing to a‘conclusion: with * _ blitzkrieg” approach” rather than using a planning approach: that could take : » “one, | two, . three, four, five years.” ~-; Coun. Emic. Crist intro- ‘duced the bylaws that were initiated. in ‘response to the “unprecedented unity demon- - - strated by Seymour residents opposed to further develop- “mentin their area. - Actively led by the Group - “United Around’ Responsible Development (GUARD), the . ‘residents';mounted. a. six- : - month lobbying campaign that culminated in a petition ; - containing 10,619 signatures , ', opposed’ to development of, _ the urban reserves. ~The Mountain Forest area lies north of the old Blair Rifle Range and Northlands Golf Course. Cove Forest lies “east of Mount Seymour Road “above Deep Cove. i. The forested areas provide hiking, biking and horse-rid- ing opportunities not only for Seymour residents, but for people throughout the Lower ' Mainland. Coun. Janice Harris sup- ported Crist’s contention that the district has to find ways of funding capital Projects ° without selling land. .¢ “its’a big adjustment, but “one we, knew was ‘coming anyway.” commented Harris. “Yikes.” responded Coun. Pam Goldsmith-Jones. See NV, D page § ‘ By Catherine Barr Sunday, October 1, 1995 - North Shore News — 3 rams car in Horseshoe Bay lineup | District NEWS photo Terry Peters THE GORGITZA family, Boris (left), Emmanuel, Dorothy, Rebbecca and grandmother Ida Pohl, escaped without injury Friday after an army truck rolled into the back of their car at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. The family was planning to go to Gambier Island. The truck may have lost its brakes after being stopped in the vehicle line. A witness said the children’s car seats were within inches of being crushed. Police are investigating. : RECENT FEDERAL statistics claim one in five people between the ages of 15 and 24 are out of work. Contributing Writer : This is believed to be one of the highest jobless per- -centages ever recorded in Canada. The news does not seem to be getting any better. i Meanwhile, a 1992 survey conducted by COMPAS for the Canadian Mental Health Association and. the Canadian Psychiatric Association, reveals that among young people age 18 to 24, “40% report feeling ‘really depressed’ once a month or more”. ; So is the news as depressing as it seems? Is there really no hope for the generation of young adults so often referred to as Generation X? The answer is a resounding no. Dr. Brian Ferris, a practicing North Shore psycholo- gist, agrees there are definitely a lot more problems for 4 young people to deal with today than there were in the " past, but he says it may also be a matter of perception. “In the 1950s and 1960s we were all just supposed to love one another and carry on like there was really noth- ing wrong, when in fact there were problems that need- ed dealing with, Today, young’ people know what the problems are.” He said the issues facing today’s twenty- somethings are usually presented as problems to which there are.no real answers. The emotions that result from this sense of - hopelessness do a lot to affect the way young people think and feel about the future. ‘ One of the problems with no apparent answer is the job issue, Many graduates are finding that after years of post-secondary education, they are still inadequately prepared to enter the work world. Where a university degree used to be the answer, today it is simply not enough. The perception is that even with a degree, the chances of landing a good job are slim. Some give up Mental Iliness Awareness”. Week, Oct. 2-9: searching altogether. : Ferris recognizes this pattern. He ‘angry in this type of situation. Anger and anxiety can increase dramatically: when searching for a . job, Having a sense of hopelessness and helplessness about the future can even lead to seri- ous clinical depression. Young adults should be aware of this since major depressive disorders usually show: themselves in the mid-20s. The key to keeping things in perspective, according to Ferris, is to remember that you only need to succeed once to ‘get started, “When fooking for a job, you only have-to win one of those battles, not all 50." . Denise McGhie, executive director of the Canadian ’ Mental Health Association’s North and West Vancouver branch, agrees. She emphasizes the importance of stay- ing ahead of feelings of stress and anxiety when looking forajob. | “You can react to (your job search) i in such a way that you give up and don’t take any responsibility for mak- ing your lite. happen out there in the workplace. If you give up.before you've even ‘really extended yourself. ° then you can ‘in fact put yourself in a vulnerable position (where) you believe you have no control over getting a job, because of course you do have control.” : McGhie suggests that while education is important, success comes most quickly to those who pessess job search skills. - “How to be available and out there networking when opportunities arrive is a skill that you have to learn and . {think generally that’s not taught in university or col- lege or high, school. You need to seek out that training and develop yourself so that you in fact are really good at the job. search and you can actually create choices i in your life.”. As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Oct. 2 to - 9, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is holding free depression screening sessions Oct. 5 at locations across the North Shore. .Contact the CMHA (North and West Vancouver branch) at 987-6959. Hot car crashes, burns i in. explains that many people often feel i “fund at $5 mil- mayor backs joining From page 4 place. Bell called North Vancouver District “overtaxed and infrastruc- ture starved.” The mill rate, which is used to calculate municipal property taxes, is $6.5 per $1000 werth of assessed property in North Vancouver City and $7.1 in) North Vancouver District. Bell said that the 49,000 city res- idents would have their interests overwhelmed by the 80,000 district residents who live in a more subur- ban environment, “Hf you Jook at the city we have totally . different demographics. Sixty percent of city residents are renters. In the district, it's’ 20% renters,” said : Bell. The city has built up a $30 million Heritage Fund over the past ['5 years. Loucks said interest from the fund goes for infra-, structure improvements and . reducing taxes. ~ ; Crist:. esti- mates the dis-- trict’s land sale lion. But the municipality has an estimat- ed $300 million inventory. of developable land . - located primarily in the Seymour area. Crist said the money from the land bank will be used up in 10 years at. the current rate of directing its funds to cover district operat- ing expenses. North Vancouver District Mayor * Murray Dykeman also backs amal- gamation,! He said all residents should vote on the issue in a joint referendum during next year’ s municipal elec-. tions. “Amalgamation is almost hap- pening; it is just a matter of how it’ gets done,” said Dykeman. Loucks said he respects the dis- trict except when its politicians . “sound off” about amalgamation. “Everybody thinks that if we are. bigger, we are better and it’s going io be more efficient.. We. have ' provincial and federal governments that are bigger and I don’t notice - that they are effi cient,” he said. A WILD North Shore car chase Thursday ended with a stolen Camry in flames, crashed: between two houses in the British Properties. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter “Of course, he (a RCMP Port Mann flighway Patrol officer),